This
experimental musical revue combines the songwriting talents of the renowned
Belgian-born Jacques Brel with the distinct stylistic sense of 1970s film.
Brel's songs deal, movingly so, with topics as vast as love, death, and war.
Bringing them to life seems a challenge, but one met by director Denis Heroux.
Using tools as unexpected as puppets and extensive location shooting, Heroux
places Brel's songs in a unique context -- one that frees them from theatrical
constraints. Mort Shuman (who wrote songs for The Drifters and Elvis Presley)
converts the songs into beautiful English-language versions, but does not lose
the essence intended by Brel. In an age where the classic troubadour seems to
have vanished, JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS reminds one of
the need for singers to translate universal emotion into song.
July 14 & 21, 2011 at 7:30 pm
July 15, 16, 22, 23, 2011 at 8:00 pm
July 17 & 24, 2011 at 7:00 pm
